“There’s nothing particularly groundbreaking here in terms of storytelling, and it seems like a fairly trivial waste of its two leads,” says Edward Douglas.
THE LEISURE SEEKER
The Paolo Virzi-directed adaptation of Michael Zadoorian’s novel has the veteran actors playing an aging couple who take one last road trip in their Winnebago.
With only a few days left of the Toronto International Film Festival, yet another deal is close to being sealed. The Leisure Seeker, an upcoming road trip film from Italian director Paolo Virzì, starring Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren, is finalizing a deal for U.S. rights with Sony Pictures Classics. Brokered by CAA and Bac Films, the deal is in the mid-seven figure range.
Famed Italian director Paolo Virzì is finding tremendous success for his upcoming film The Leisure Seeker, his first foray into an English language film, thanks to Paris-based Bac Films distribution company. They have secured several sales for the film, which is still shooting, since Cannes, based on solely the script.
Traveling in their family “Leisure Seeker” vintage recreational vehicle, John and Ella Spencer take one last road trip from Boston to the Hemingway House in the Florida Keys before his Alzheimer’s and her cancer can catch up with them.
